Golok knife, black horn tumpok ladah hilt. Narrow, curved single-edged blade. The blade is worn and has some damage. The hilt is wide with carved vegetal forms at the butt. Golok sheath, wooden in two parts. The top part has an elaborate bulge and is carved into a smoothly curved asymmetrical shape with curved, downward-pointing beak-like protuberance and upward crest. It is damaged on one side and cracked on the other. A piece appears to be missing from the top of this lower part.
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